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A. KESSLER, J3.

TIRE. 7 APPLICATION FILED NARA, 1908.

Pateli ted May 24, 1910.

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ALEXANDER KESSLER,-JR., OE WINDOM, L IISSOURI.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed- Marchai, 1908.

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. Patented May 24, 1919. Serial at. 419,206.

To all whom 'iLmay concern:

Be it known that I ALEXANDER KESSLER, J r.,.a citizen of the UnitedStates of Amer- St. Louis and State of I the following is a specifica-This invention relates to vehicle tires, and the object of the inventionis to provide a pneumatic tire for vohieleshaving a solid being so]constructed as to entirely protect the pneumatic tire employed with theinvention upon all sides.

a With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in thenovel construction of elements and their arrangement inoperativecombination, as will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view ofthe Wheel provided with my improved tire. Fig'. 2 1s a frontelevation ofthe same.

In'the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates a vehicle wheel,constructed preferably of ir-onfsteel or othersuitable material. Thewheel 1 comprises two sections2 and 3 piovided at their upper edges witha right-angular olfset 4, having a vertical side 5 andterminatin .in aninturned lip or ofi set 6. ,The mem ers 2 and are joined together attheir upper extremities and are paused to diverge or spread "1 away fromeach other from this point of connection to their connections with thehub 7. Suitable.bolts or other retainin'g elements 8" are employed inholding the members 2 and 3 in roper relation with each 7 is provided uon each of 1ts ends with offsets or rings ad engage both of the outersides of the mem- Bers at their'points of connection with the I hub,whereby the members are eflectively're;

tained in spaced position uppn thehuh jand -45 .in relation to eachother. A Inserted within the boxing formed by the offset 4 and verticalwall 5 of the members 2 and 3, is positioned a pneumatic tube 8 extendinof the. oxing and provided with suitab e inflating openings, matic tube8 is protected from .the iron boxing ,4 by a suitable cloth or otherflexible, s11 s tance 9, and has (positioned immediately above andcorrospon ing;,to its outer 'face a in the county -of MlSSOUII, have ii-- yented new and useful Improvements in "Tires, of which with meetingwith that I have provided a 5g .upon all sides ,support .pair of disks,edges contacting I stantially U-shapedoffsets and extending apted toaround the entire inner peri heryf not shown. The pnefi:

is provided with a reduced portion 12, fdrniing the tread proper of theelement. The si e s of the reduced portion are provided a channel 13extending around the enof the tread at its point of, the lip 6 ofthevertical wall tire periphery 5 of the members 2 and 3, and extendingtread or tire 10. This tread or tire 10 comfrom this channel and to theouter sides'of the enlarged portion 11 of the'tread is a lip 14 ofashape agreeing with the channel be- I tween thelip 6 and the verticalwall 5. Suitable wires I5, or other streng'thenin devices, are employedand adapted to exten around the solid tire or tread 10 at anysuitableaor desired. points, and preferablyjust below the engagement ofthe tire with the lip- 6, whereby the rubber tr'ead or tire ismaterially strengthened at points where weakness is most liable tooccur.

From the above description, it will be seen wheel having a pocketprovided upon its outer peripher adapted to retain a new matic tire an a'rubber tread positloned' above the tire, whereby the tire is protectedfrom punctures.

It Will be still"further noted that'should the pneumatic tube becomedeflated the solid tireflwill sink within the boxing provided by the rimand the ofl'sets upon the sides of the boxing will serve as an effectivetread to the vehicle to which the wheels are attached.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is H AWheel havin its body constructed of a said disks having their upper andprovided with subflround their entire periphery, the offset ortionsadapted to provide a ocket, a soli resilient tire 'withln the poo et, apneumatic ortire below the solid tire, and the central tion of the disksbeing spaced and provided I with a hub.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatune in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER KESSLER, JUNIOR.

Witnesses:

A. D. WILLE KEN. WM. SEIBEL'.

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